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In a play on six degrees of separation, the idea that all people, on average, are six or fewer social connections away from each other, participants in the Kidney Foundation’s Six Degree Challenge are tagging six friends and spreading kidney disease awareness during the month of March.
“We’re only six degrees related from somebody who we know has had kidney disease or is dealing with it or maybe is a caregiver,” said Joe McParland, this year’s Windsor/Essex County six-degree challenger.
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Diagnosed as toddler, transplanted 10 years ago, Sault man invites residents to join Kidney Health Month campaign
Author of the article: Sara McCleary
Publishing date: Mar 01, 2021 • March 1, 2021 • 4 minute read •
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Ten years after receiving a kidney transplant, Cody McClelland encourages Algoma residents to get involved in Kidney Foundation’s #SixDegreeChallenge to raise awareness of kidney disease. The Kidney Foundation recognizes March as Kidney Health Month, and runs the #SixDegreeChallenge on social media, inviting Ontarians to participate by posting a picture of themselves holding up six fingers, sharing their connection to kidney disease, and tagging six friends to nominate them to do the same.
New hemodialysis unit opens at Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach New hemodialysis unit at Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg.
Manitoba is marking the launch of Kidney Health Month with the opening of a new hemodialysis unit at Health Sciences Centre (HSC) Winnipeg, further bolstering renal care for patients who require regular critical life-saving dialysis services.
“The new hemodialysis unit will allow HSC Winnipeg to accommodate a growing number of individuals receiving treatment for the first time, as well as patients from across the province who have been hospitalized, are receiving specialist care or need ongoing dialysis treatments,” said Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson. “It further strengthens the size and scope of renal services offered at our provincial hospital, allowing us to meet the current and future needs of dialysis patients in Manitoba.”
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